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For me I never saw my self as an overuser it was more the obtrusiveness of it and never being happy with how much it forced its way into my activities even with restrictions listed above about notifications, uninstalling etc.
As a man with many hobbies and interests I never had an issue with finding other things to do I am very much one of those people who dont have enough hours in the day. What I really gain from not using the phone is the downtime around those activities. Lunch breaks, queues in shops, loo stops, doctors waiting rooms, tired evenings on the sofa. Previously the algorithm was competing to take that time now its present.
I took my kid to the park earlier and was surrounded by parents scrolling/working/calling/tweeting. Those moments playing with your child are the most rewarding and if that doesn't encourage people to question what they are doing with the phones then I think there is a larger issue.
I don't think most people need to give them up. I just don't use one because I simply don't miss it. I would say to anyone reading this that if the thought of exclusively using a basic nokia for 1 week seems impossible then you need to try it.
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I have been a huge smartphone overuser. Instead of giving up my smartphone I've found that figuring out why I'm so bored and dependent on it is more useful. If I do more things I enjoy and find rewarding, I never even think about my phone.
Not meant to be all pious about it, but smartphone overuse is a symptom not a root cause.